Wonkhe
JUNE 12, 2023
Undergraduate numbers in English studies may be declining across the UK as a whole. But Sarah Cowan argues that a closer look at the landscape shows resilience – and excellence The post Reports of English studies’ demise have been greatly exaggerated appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 12, 2023
Institution officials want feedback on the safety proposal, which would require a 56-hour firearm course and virtual reality training for officers.
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Wonkhe
JUNE 12, 2023
With access and participation targets on ending awarding gaps set to be missed, Omar Khan suggests less dragging and dropping of approaches and more consideration of context The post More tailored approaches are needed to tackle the ethnicity degree awarding gap appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 12, 2023
Institutions will receive extra funding for awarding “credentials of value,” a designation to be based partly on wages.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
The high school class of 2023 had an experience that was inevitably shaped by COVID-19. The pandemic hit when they were freshmen and many students endured over a year of remote learning, with limited access to school counseling services and extracurricular activities. Now, as the COVID cohort graduates and gets ready for higher education, a new report shows how the pandemic affected their college and career choices, both positively and negatively.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 12, 2023
Three of the state’s public two-year colleges successfully replicated a college completion program developed in New York, a six-year analysis found.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows In South Dakota and elsewhere, conservative politicians are decrying the performances, an LGBTQ tradition, as inappropriate.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
How many times have you seen something about “ways to increase students’ sense of belongingness lately”? I see it everywhere, especially within higher education. We have finally come to the conclusion that the way that higher education institutions make people feel matters. Sense of belongingness has been found to impact everything from academic success to graduation rate.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 12, 2023
Tuition resets and other affordability initiatives can make it challenging to maintain fiscal balance, analysts said.
The PIE News
JUNE 12, 2023
A study has explored how international PhD students construct a sense of home in Britain – finding that students have different selves in “diverse social locations” rather than assimilating in an “expected sense” Researchers focused on the experience of a small number of PhD students, sponsored by the Algerian government, as they “learnt to be themselves” in their everyday lives in the UK.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
The Mellon Foundation will award over $5 million to seven institutions to expand higher education opportunities and resources for those in carceral environments. Jessica Hicklin The organization seeks to support prison education programs that promote perspectives and leadership of those who have experienced the prison system and that help out overlooked populations and regions.
University Business
JUNE 12, 2023
High school students molded by the pandemic are rejuvenated to experience an in-person college experience again. However, they expect institutions to be digitally literate, deliver outcome-oriented degrees, and provide resources that compensate for the growth they were deprived of when quarantined. These are some key takeaways EAB gathered in their latest meta-report that creates a comprehensive picture of higher education’s future college cohort: “Gen P.” It draws from convers
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
By Eric Hoover Harry Haysom for The Chronicle Race-conscious admissions programs were never an adequate remedy for the vast racial and socioeconomic inequities in higher education, a timely new report explains.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 12, 2023
Mayo Threatens Firing Professor for Interviews—and Idioms Featured Image at Top of Article 2023-06-12-Mayo-Letter.
University Business
JUNE 12, 2023
With President Carmen Walter’s announcement to exit from Tougaloo College at the end of the month, she leaves the small private HBCU’s Board of Trustees and eventual president search committee in a rush to find a new permanent leader. In the last year, however, that’s nothing new to institutions in Mississippi. Since June 2022, seven presidents have stepped down from a college or university in Mississippi, which comprises nearly half the Magnolia State’s total 4-year inst
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
Chapman University has received $1 million from philanthropic group Women of Chapman to strengthen the school’s safety net for its students. The money will support the Women of Chapman Student Hardship Assistant Fund, which helps students with immediate and unexpected hardships, such as costs related to housing, food, transportation, technology, medical bills, and getting home during a family crisis.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 12, 2023
Connecticut College hired a trustee as interim president after a search led by another trustee’s firm. Now faculty are raising concerns about the opaque process. Connecticut College last week named trustee Les Wong interim president to replace Katherine Bergeron, who is stepping down at the end of June in the wake of a fundraising fiasco that prompted campus protests earlier this year.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
Coastline College is now offering a program to help teach faculty about the complexities and nuances of the Vietnam War. The professional development program, “Fifty Years Later: The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of Veterans, Vietnamese, and Southeast Asian Refugees,” is funded by The National Endowment for the Humanities and will educate 30 scholars.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
On page and stage, the modern-dance pioneer returns for an encore. By Alexander C. Kafka On page and stage, the modern-dance pioneer returns for an encore.
Campus Technology
JUNE 12, 2023
Here, we ask Anant Agarwal for his perspectives on the impacts of generative AI in higher education environments and what edX is doing to help lead the way in the productive use of innovative new tools based on the technology.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
How artificial intelligence is changing the way colleges think about cheating. By Ian Wilhelm ILLUSTRATION BY THE CHRONICLE; GETTY IMAGES How artificial intelligence is changing the way colleges think about cheating.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
Under the University of Vermont’s (UVM) new open-access academic press, authors and readers will not have to pay fees to publish or access published materials. Dr. Bryn Geffert The move by UVM Press – overseen by UVM Libraries – is meant to eliminate financial hurdles and barriers to peer-reviewed research that traditional publishing and access models impose.
The PIE News
JUNE 12, 2023
Students from Pakistan and Bangladesh are driving interest in education across continental Europe – a region that is maintaining a “strong appeal” for international students – but government policy, among other factors, may be impacting students’ choices, according to new research. Additionally, program preference is shifting towards artificial intelligence, data science & big data, business intelligence & analytics, entrepreneurship and engineering management.
College Viability
JUNE 12, 2023
In the past week, 4 different types of media sources have posted stories on the disintegrating plight of small, private colleges.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 12, 2023
Emporia State University has appealed to a district court its right to fire five faculty members, The Kansas Reflector reported. Emporia cut tenured faculty members, among others, in eliminating the jobs of 33 people last year.
The PIE News
JUNE 12, 2023
Manil is a student from Sri Lanka in Brampton, Ontario, a city adjacent to Toronto, Canada’s largest metropolis. Since arriving in the country last year, he has struggled to find a part-time job to cover his $17,000 tuition fee and living expenses. After months of searching, he finally secured employment as a cook at a golf club. However, to get there he has to travel two hours by bus each way.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 12, 2023
Student workers at Western Washington University have voted to unionize by a margin of 98 percent, according to a press release by the union, known as Western Academic Workers United–UAW. The union will be composed of 1,100 tutors, teaching assistants, research assistants and other students who do research and instructional work for the university. The union will be the first majority-undergraduate union in the state, the press release said.
The PIE News
JUNE 12, 2023
The Centre for International Higher Education at Boston College held its two-day biennial conference this week. Speakers at the conference included preeminent scholars such as Philip Altbach, Hans de Wit, Betty Leask, Lily Tran and Simon Marginson. Marginson, director of the Centre for Global Higher Education at the University of Oxford, was the keynote for the morning session, addressing delegates during the Philip Altbach lecture entitled, The inevitability of difference in global higher educa
The Guardian - Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
Universities are trying everything to get around the boycott except the obvious: resuming negotiations with my lecturers This year’s graduations, universities claim, will be indistinguishable from those of previous years. Except there’s one glaring problem: as a student there isn’t much to celebrate. Currently, a marking and assessment boycott is affecting 145 British universities and, like many of the thousands of students graduating this summer, I am set to leave without a formal classificatio
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 12, 2023
Emporia State University has appealed to a district court its right to fire five faculty members, The Kansas Reflector reported.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
The temptation to chuck out the old is strong, but can only be part of the answer As someone who writes books, lectures on teacher training courses and spent 15 years teaching English literature, I’m often asked what I think should be included in the literary canon or what should replace the existing cano n. It feels like a trick question. First, a definition might be useful.
Campus Technology
JUNE 12, 2023
Cobalt Iron is adding new features to its Compass NAS Protector backup platform, including faster backups and improved policy management, at no additional cost.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
Ying Huang Ying Huang has been named director of undergraduate research at North Dakota State University. Huang holds a bachelor’s degree from Guangzhou University in China, a master’s from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China, and a Ph.D. from the Missouri University of Science & Technology, all in civil engineering.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 12, 2023
Plans by American Jewish University leaders to sell its 22-acre Los Angeles campus fell through last week, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. The $65 million deal with a Swiss education company, EF Education First, was intended to alleviate the institution’s financial struggles.
Creatrix Campus
JUNE 12, 2023
What is Curriculum Development? Understanding the Fundamentals editor Tue, 06/13/2023 - 00:09 Curriculum development is critical in structuring educational programs and ensuring better learning outcomes. It entails a methodical and comprehensive process of designing, planning, and executing a curriculum that fulfills the requirements of students and coincides with educational goals.
EAB
JUNE 12, 2023
Blogs What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape Recent releases from the Department of Education have put Online Program Managers (OPMs) front and center of the news cycle. Headlines about student debt and poor student outcomes have prompted federal attention. In 2022, members of Congress called for investigation into OPMs, and the attention hasn’t waned since.
idfive agency
JUNE 12, 2023
College graduation is both an exciting and nerve-wracking time because you may feel full of uncertainty about your future career. Enter the internship opportunity: a quick dip to test the waters and build some experience before you take the big plunge. The ability to experience what it’s like to work at a marketing and communications agency, along with putting a few project notches on your belt, can get you ready to dive right in.
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